Effectiveness of Domperidone to Increase Breastmilk Supply in Mothers With Low Supply

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2007-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study is testing if a medication called domperidone will help women produce more milk so that they can keep breastfeeding and not use formula. The study is also testing what dose of domperidone works best to increase breast milk production.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
• Collaborator: The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
• Treatments: Domperidone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Women

• healthy women

• inadequate milk supply

• read/speak English

Infants

• healthy term infants (≥ 38 weeks gestational age)

• age ≥ 2wks and ≤3mths

• surpassed birth weight

Exclusion Criteria:

Mother

• cardiac anomalies

• breast or endocrine abnormalities (i.e. breast CA, pituitary adenomas)

• medications contraindicated with domperidone use

• drug or alcohol use

• use of hormonal contraception

Infant

• physical anomalies making breastfeeding difficult (i.e. cleft palate)

• cardiac anomalies